Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the 2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines, Oregon, Washington, and California, 38601-38602 [E6-10541]
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Act, and to conform to Executive Orders
governing use of Federal funds. This
information is cleared through the
appropriate enforcing Agency or other
executive Department.
The Agencies provide forms and/or
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submission of information; however,
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content which is accepted and typically
used in normal conduct of planning and
performing development work in
private industry when a private lender
is financing the activity. The
information is usually submitted via
hand delivery or U.S. Postal Service to
the appropriate Agency office.
Electronic submittal of information is
also possible through e-mail or USDA’s
Service Center eForms Web site.
The information is used by the
Agencies to determine whether a loan/
grant can be approved, to ensure that
the Agency has adequate security for the
loans financed, to provide for sound
construction and development work,
and to determine that the requirements
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and sanitary dwelling or other adequate
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .33 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, farms, business or other forprofit, non-profit institutions, and small
businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25,340.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 15.
Estimated Number of Responses:
368,980.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 118,438 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Brigitte Sumter,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0042.
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the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the function of the Agencies,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agencies’ estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Brigitte
Sumter, Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop
0742, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0742. All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), and the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (NFMA, 16
U.S.C. 1600–1614 et seq.), the USDA
Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management (collectively the Agencies)
have prepared a Draft Supplement to
the 2004 Final Environmental Impact
Statement To Remove or Modify the
Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure
Standards and Guidelines (Draft
Supplement). The Final Environmental
Impact Statement To Remove or Modify
the Survey and Manage Mitigation
Measure Standards and Guidelines
(2004 FSEIS), dated January 2004,
examined the environmental effects of a
proposal by the Agencies to amend 28
land and resource management plans on
National Forests and Bureau of Land
Management Districts within the range
of the northern spotted owl in western
Oregon, western Washington, and
northern California.
The Draft Supplement is available for
public review.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft
Supplement will be accepted for 90
days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the Notice of Availability of
the Draft Supplement in the Federal
Register. The Agencies ask that those
submitting comments on the Draft
Supplement make these comments as
specific as possible with reference to
page numbers and chapters of the
document.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
David Rouzer,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Curtis Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
John Williams,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–930–6310–PN–LITU; HAG 06–0114]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Supplement to the 2004 Final
Environmental Impact Statement To
Remove or Modify the Survey and
Manage Mitigation Measure Standards
and Guidelines, Oregon, Washington,
and California
AGENCIES: USDA, Forest Service; DOI,
Bureau of Land Management.
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Notice of availability.
If you wish to comment,
you may submit your written comments
to Survey and Manage SEIS Team, P.O.
Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, or
via e-mail to ORSMSEIS@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Haske, Chief, Branch of Forest
Resources and Special Status Species,
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box
2965, Portland, Oregon 97208,
telephone (503) 808–6038 or Alan
Christensen, Group Leader, Wildlife,
Fisheries, Watershed, Soils and Range,
USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 3623,
Portland, Oregon 97208, telephone (503)
808–2922.
Requests to receive copies of the Draft
Supplement should be sent to the
address listed above. Alternately, the
Draft Supplement is available on the
Internet at https://www.reo.gov/s-m2006.
Copies are also available for inspection
at USDA Forest Service and Bureau of
Land Management offices in western
ADDRESSES:
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Washington, western Oregon and
northern California.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January
2004, the Agencies approved the 2004
FSEIS analyzing a proposal to amend 28
land and resource management plans by
removing the Survey and Manage
Standards and Guidelines, to conserve
rare and little known species, and
reduce cost and effort and allow for
achievement of healthy forests and
timber outputs. The Agencies released a
Record of Decision adopting the
proposal in March, 2004. In August,
2005 the U.S. District Court of the
Western District of Washington found
the 2004 FSEIS failed to: (1) ‘‘* * *
analyze potential impacts to Survey and
Manage species if they are not added to
or are removed from the USDA Forest
Service’s and BLM’s respective
programs for special status species;’’ (2)
‘‘* * * provide a thorough analysis of
their assumption that the latesuccessional reserves would adequately
protect species that the Survey and
Manage standard was introduced to
protect, particularly in light of their
previous positions in earlier
environmental impact statements;’’ and
(3) ‘‘* * * disclose and analyze flaws in
their methodology for calculating the
acreage in need of hazardous fuel
treatments. Part of the cost analysis was
similarly flawed because it relied on the
acreage in need of hazardous fuel
treatments in calculating the cost of the
Survey and Manage standard.’’ The
Draft Supplement provides the
additional information and analysis to
address the deficiencies noted by the
court, and provides and analyzes new
information available since publication
of the 2004 FSEIS.
Following public comments, the
Agencies will prepare a Final
Supplement. No sooner than 30 days
following release of the Final
Supplement, the Agencies will prepare
a new Record of Decision. A decision to
select one of the action alternatives
would amend the management direction
in 28 land and resource management
plans in the Northwest Forest Plan area.
Comments received in response to this
solicitation, including names and
addresses, will be considered part of the
public record on this proposal and will
be available for public review during
regular business hours. Comments,
including names and addresses, may be
published as part of the Final
Supplement. If you wish to withhold
your name or address from public
review, or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your written comments.
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Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. Additionally,
pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person
may request that submissions be
withheld from the public record by
showing how the FOIA permits such
confidentiality. Persons requesting such
confidentiality should be aware that,
under the FOIA, confidentiality may be
granted in only limited circumstances,
such as to protect trade secrets. The
requester will be informed of the
Agencies’ decision regarding the request
for confidentiality. Where the request is
denied, the comments will be returned
to the requester and the requester will
be notified that the comments may be
resubmitted with or without name and
address. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered, however, anonymous
comments do not create standing or a
record of participation. All submissions
from organizations and businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
The Agencies believe it is important
to give reviewers notice of several court
rulings related to public participation in
the environmental review process.
Reviewers should structure their
participation so that it is meaningful to
alert the Agencies of their positions and
contentions [Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553
(1978)]. Also, environmental objections
that could be raised at the Draft
Supplement stage, but are not raised
until after completion of the Final
Supplement, may be waived or
dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon
v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th cir.
1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v.
Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.
Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court
rulings, it is important that those
interested in this proposed action
provide comments by the close of the
90-day comment period, so that the
Agencies can meaningfully consider and
respond to them in the Final
Supplement.
The responsible official for lands
administered by the USDA Forest
Service will be the Secretary of
Agriculture. The responsible official for
public lands administered by the
Bureau of Land Management will be the
Secretary of the Interior.
No public hearings or meetings are
planned.
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Dated: June 30, 2006.
Cynthia Ellis,
Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Land
Management, Washington, DC.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Andria Weeks,
Regulatory Liaison Officer, United States
Forest Service, Washington, DC.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Fishlake National Forest, Utah, EIS for
Oil and Gas Leasing
Forest Service, USDA and
Bureau of Land Management, USDI.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service of the
Fishlake National Forest gives notice of
the intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) to document the
analysis and disclose the environmental
and human effects of oil and gas leasing
on lands administered by the Fishlake
National Forest. The Federal Onshore
Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987
(FOOGLRA) requires the Forest Service
to evaluate National Forest System
lands for potential oil and gas leasing.
As the agency responsible for lease
issuance and administration, the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) will
participate as a cooperating agency.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis should be received by
August 10, 2006 to be most helpful. The
draft environmental impact statement is
scheduled for completion by the winter
of 2006, and the final environmental
impact statement is expected before
summer of 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Carter Reed, Oil and Gas Team Leader,
Fishlake National Forest, 115 East 900
North, Richfield, UT 84701; phone:
(435) 636–3547; fax: (435) 896–0347; email comments-intermtnfishlake@fs.fed.us. Please include ‘‘Oil
and Gas Leasing Analysis Project’’ on
the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Davida Carnahan, Public Affairs Officer,
115 East 900 North, Richfield, UT
84701; phone: (435) 896–1070.
For technical information contact:
Carter Reed, Oil and Gas Team Leader,
(435) 636–3547.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
FOOGLRA requires the Forest Service
to evaluate National Forest System
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-930-6310-PN-LITU; HAG 06-0114]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the 2004 Final
Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and
Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines, Oregon, Washington,
and California
AGENCIES: USDA, Forest Service; DOI, Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and the
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA, 16 U.S.C. 1600-1614 et
seq.), the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
(collectively the Agencies) have prepared a Draft Supplement to the
2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the
Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines (Draft
Supplement). The Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or
Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and
Guidelines (2004 FSEIS), dated January 2004, examined the environmental
effects of a proposal by the Agencies to amend 28 land and resource
management plans on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management
Districts within the range of the northern spotted owl in western
Oregon, western Washington, and northern California.
The Draft Supplement is available for public review.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft Supplement will be accepted for 90
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
the Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement in the Federal
Register. The Agencies ask that those submitting comments on the Draft
Supplement make these comments as specific as possible with reference
to page numbers and chapters of the document.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your written comments
to Survey and Manage SEIS Team, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208,
or via e-mail to ORSMSEIS@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Haske, Chief, Branch of Forest
Resources and Special Status Species, Bureau of Land Management, P.O.
Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, telephone (503) 808-6038 or Alan
Christensen, Group Leader, Wildlife, Fisheries, Watershed, Soils and
Range, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 3623, Portland, Oregon 97208,
telephone (503) 808-2922.
Requests to receive copies of the Draft Supplement should be sent
to the address listed above. Alternately, the Draft Supplement is
available on the Internet at https://www.reo.gov/s-m2006. Copies are
also available for inspection at USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management offices in western
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Washington, western Oregon and northern California.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 2004, the Agencies approved the
2004 FSEIS analyzing a proposal to amend 28 land and resource
management plans by removing the Survey and Manage Standards and
Guidelines, to conserve rare and little known species, and reduce cost
and effort and allow for achievement of healthy forests and timber
outputs. The Agencies released a Record of Decision adopting the
proposal in March, 2004. In August, 2005 the U.S. District Court of the
Western District of Washington found the 2004 FSEIS failed to: (1) ``*
* * analyze potential impacts to Survey and Manage species if they are
not added to or are removed from the USDA Forest Service's and BLM's
respective programs for special status species;'' (2) ``* * * provide a
thorough analysis of their assumption that the late-successional
reserves would adequately protect species that the Survey and Manage
standard was introduced to protect, particularly in light of their
previous positions in earlier environmental impact statements;'' and
(3) ``* * * disclose and analyze flaws in their methodology for
calculating the acreage in need of hazardous fuel treatments. Part of
the cost analysis was similarly flawed because it relied on the acreage
in need of hazardous fuel treatments in calculating the cost of the
Survey and Manage standard.'' The Draft Supplement provides the
additional information and analysis to address the deficiencies noted
by the court, and provides and analyzes new information available since
publication of the 2004 FSEIS.
Following public comments, the Agencies will prepare a Final
Supplement. No sooner than 30 days following release of the Final
Supplement, the Agencies will prepare a new Record of Decision. A
decision to select one of the action alternatives would amend the
management direction in 28 land and resource management plans in the
Northwest Forest Plan area. Comments received in response to this
solicitation, including names and addresses, will be considered part of
the public record on this proposal and will be available for public
review during regular business hours. Comments, including names and
addresses, may be published as part of the Final Supplement. If you
wish to withhold your name or address from public review, or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you must state
this prominently at the beginning of your written comments. Such
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. Additionally,
pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person may request that submissions be
withheld from the public record by showing how the FOIA permits such
confidentiality. Persons requesting such confidentiality should be
aware that, under the FOIA, confidentiality may be granted in only
limited circumstances, such as to protect trade secrets. The requester
will be informed of the Agencies' decision regarding the request for
confidentiality. Where the request is denied, the comments will be
returned to the requester and the requester will be notified that the
comments may be resubmitted with or without name and address. Comments
submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered, however,
anonymous comments do not create standing or a record of participation.
All submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their
entirety.
The Agencies believe it is important to give reviewers notice of
several court rulings related to public participation in the
environmental review process. Reviewers should structure their
participation so that it is meaningful to alert the Agencies of their
positions and contentions [Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC,
435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978)]. Also, environmental objections that could be
raised at the Draft Supplement stage, but are not raised until after
completion of the Final Supplement, may be waived or dismissed by the
courts [City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th cir. 1986)
and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.
Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court rulings, it is important that those
interested in this proposed action provide comments by the close of the
90-day comment period, so that the Agencies can meaningfully consider
and respond to them in the Final Supplement.
The responsible official for lands administered by the USDA Forest
Service will be the Secretary of Agriculture. The responsible official
for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management will be
the Secretary of the Interior.
No public hearings or meetings are planned.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Cynthia Ellis,
Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Andria Weeks,
Regulatory Liaison Officer, United States Forest Service, Washington,
DC.
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